18 amazing pictures of Sheffield Wednesday fans at the legends charity match as Carlos Carvalhal returns

Around 4,000 Owls supporters took a trip down memory lane at the weekend as popular former manager Carlos Carvalhal and the class of 2016 and 2017 returned to S6 to raise money for Weston Park Cancer Charity and the Sheffield Wednesday FC Community Programme.

The match certainly wasn’t short of action and entertainment, with Sam Hutchinson netting a hat-trick within the first 14 minutes and Steve Fletcher following suit shortly afterwards, with one of his strikes being a Paulo Di Canio-esque jumping volley.

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Goalkeeper Kieran Westwood - still donning his goalkeeper kit and boots - also decided to drift into midfield and occasionally even the No.9 role throughout the contest, and showed where he could have played in another life after getting on the scoresheet as well.

The Wednesday legends, who are still remembered fondly for being the closest team to winning promotion back to the Premier League since 2000, led 13-1 at half-time against a Community XI composed of fans - and they remained ruthless in the second interval as the final scoreline finished 24-3.

It was all great fun with chants of ‘Carlos had a dream’ ringing out around the stadium before the game. In fact if you closed your eyes just for a second you could easily believe it was still 2016.

Here’s some of the best pictures from a fun-filled afternoon of football.

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